Engine jacking without oil pan attached?
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Melting Slicks
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Engine jacking without oil pan attached?
It looks like I got to lift my block just a tad to clear the crossmember when I pull my cam out tonight. Do I just loosen the engine mount bolts from below and jack the motor a few inches? Also I don't have the oil pan attached, so where is a good jacking point?
Burning Brakes
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define a tad?
there is not much clearance between the bellhousing and the fire wall
The advise I was given when I was going to swap cams was to unbolt and support the rear of the trany and loosen the motor mounts then angle the entire assembly up some by lowing the transission at the rear
I didn't try this but instead replaced the cam when the engine came out for the rebuild
there is not much clearance between the bellhousing and the fire wall
The advise I was given when I was going to swap cams was to unbolt and support the rear of the trany and loosen the motor mounts then angle the entire assembly up some by lowing the transission at the rear
I didn't try this but instead replaced the cam when the engine came out for the rebuild
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Melting Slicks
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It looks like an inch will do it. I don't have a distributor on the rear of intake or an intake manifold on the car. The only thing there would be the bellhousing to the A4. Looks like it has the room, but you might be right that I'd have to loosen the crossmember on the tranny
Le Mans Master
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you should also be able to jack it up w/out loosening the trans brace, and it will need to go up a more than one inch (don't want to dink any lobes on the cam).
Last edited by mseven; Nov 16, 2007 at 08:47 AM.
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Just to finish the thread and provide information for future modders.
This is information for a 94 LT1 car. Not sure if it applies to earlier Vettes or not.
I removed the cam last night with no problems at all. Jacking the motor and removing the cam was a piece of cake. I chatted with Gene a little bit and decided to put the oil pan back on, holding it with a 6 bolts around the perimiter. I then removed the two motor mount bolts from the bottom and raised the motor from the oil pan with a short piece of 2"X6" under the pan to distribute the load. It only required a very little movement. Matter of fact lifting the engine just an inch gave me a ton of room to remove the cam. Gene, thanks for your help
Don
This is information for a 94 LT1 car. Not sure if it applies to earlier Vettes or not.
I removed the cam last night with no problems at all. Jacking the motor and removing the cam was a piece of cake. I chatted with Gene a little bit and decided to put the oil pan back on, holding it with a 6 bolts around the perimiter. I then removed the two motor mount bolts from the bottom and raised the motor from the oil pan with a short piece of 2"X6" under the pan to distribute the load. It only required a very little movement. Matter of fact lifting the engine just an inch gave me a ton of room to remove the cam. Gene, thanks for your help
Don
